Best of
Psychology

1979

Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre


Keith Johnstone - 1979
    Admired for its clarity and zest, Impro lays bare the techniques and exercises used to foster spontaneity and narrative skill for actors. These techniques and exercises were evolved in the actors' studio, when he was Associate Director of the Royal Court and then in demonstrations to schools and colleges and ultimately in the founding of a company of performers called The Theatre Machine.Divided into four sections, 'Status', 'Spontaneity', 'Narrative Skills' and 'Masks and Trance', arranged more or less in the order a group might approach them, the book sets out the specific approaches which Johnstone has himself found most useful and most stimulating. The result is a fascinating exploration of the nature of spontaneous creativity.

No Boundary: Eastern and Western Approaches to Personal Growth


Ken Wilber - 1979
    Each chapter includes a specific exercise designed to help the reader understand the nature and practice of the specific therapies. Wilber presents an easy-to-use map of human consciousness against which the various therapies are introduced and explained. This edition includes a new preface.

LSD: My Problem Child – Reflections on Sacred Drugs, Mysticism and Science


Albert Hofmann - 1979
    He traces LSD's path from a promising psychiatric research medicine to a recreational drug sparking hysteria and prohibition. We follow Dr. Hofmann's trek across Mexico to discover sacred plants related to LSD, and listen in as he corresponds with other notable figures about his remarkable discovery. Underlying it all is Dr. Hofmann's powerful conclusion that mystical experience may be our planet's best hope for survival. Whether induced by LSD, meditation, or arising spontaneously, such experiences help us to comprehend "the wonder, the mystery of the divine‹in the microcosm of the atom, in the macrocosm of the spiral nebula, in the seeds of plants, in the body and soul of people." More than sixty years after the birth of Albert Hofmann's problem child, his vision of its true potential is more relevant, and more needed, than ever.

The Psychology of Winning


Denis Waitley - 1979
    "A heavyweight amoung motivational writers."—Charles Paul conn, author of An Uncommon Freedom.

Love Is Letting Go of Fear


Gerald G. Jampolsky - 1979
    To live without fear, we must stop analysing it, stop agonising over it, stop fighting with it, and let it go.

Mind and Nature


Gregory Bateson - 1979
    It summarizes Bateson's thinking on the subject of the patterns that connect living beings to each other and to their environment.

The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self


Alice Miller - 1979
    I simply meant all of us who have survived an abusive childhood thanks to an ability to adapt even to unspeakable cruelty by becoming numb.... Without this 'gift' offered us by nature, we would not have survived." But merely surviving is not enough. The Drama of the Gifted Child helps us to reclaim our life by discovering our own crucial needs and our own truth.

Cognitive Therapy of Depression


Aaron T. Beck - 1979
    Aaron T. Beck and his associates set forth their seminal argument that depression arises from a "cognitive triad" of errors and from the idiosyncratic way that one infers, recollects, and generalizes. From the initial interview to termination, many helpful case examples demonstrate how cognitive-behavioral interventions can loosen the grip of "depressogenic" thoughts and assumptions. Guidance is provided for working with individuals and groups to address the full range of problems that patients face, including suicidal ideation and possible relapse.

Anatomy of an Illness: As Perceived by the Patient


Norman Cousins - 1979
    It started the revolution in patients working with their doctors and using humor to boost their bodies' capacity for healing. When Norman Cousins was diagnosed with a crippling and irreversible disease, he forged an unusual collaboration with his physician, and together they were able to beat the odds. The doctor's genius was in helping his patient to use his own powers: laughter, courage, and tenacity. The patient's talent was in mobilizing his body's own natural resources, proving what an effective healing tool the mind can be. This remarkable story of the triumph of the human spirit is truly inspirational reading.

The Ecological Approach to Visual Perception


James J. Gibson - 1979
    The basic assumption is that vision depends on the eye which is connected to the brain. The author suggests that natural vision depends on the eyes in the head on a body supported by the ground, the brain being only the central organ of a complete visual system. When no constraints are put on the visual system, people look around, walk up to something interesting and move around it so as to see it from all sides, and go from one vista to another. That is natural vision -- and what this book is about.

Alchemical Active Imagination


Marie-Louise von Franz - 1979
    C. G. Jung discovered in his study of alchemical texts a symbolic and imaginal language that expressed many of his own insights into psychological processes. In this book, Marie-Louise von Franz examines a text by the sixteenth-century alchemist and physician Gerhard Dorn in order to show the relationship of alchemy to the concepts and techniques of analytical psychology. In particular, she shows that the alchemists practiced a kind of meditation similar to Jung's technique of active imagination, which enables one to dialogue with the unconscious archetypal elements in the psyche. Originally delivered as a series of lectures at the C. G. Jung Institute in Zurich, the book opens therapeutic insights into the relations among spirit, soul, and body in the practice of active imagination.

Psychocybernetic Principles for Creative Living


Maxwell Maltz - 1979
    

Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want


Barbara Sher - 1979
    Now she's a pilot. Peter Johnson was a truck driver. Now he's a dairy farmer. Tina Forbes was a struggling artist. Now she's a successful one. Alan Rizzo was an editor. Now he's a bookstore owner.What they have in common--and what you can share--are Barbara Sher's effective strategies for making real changes in your life. This human, practical program puts your vague yearnings and dreams to work for you--with concrete results. You'll learn how to- Discover your strengths and skills- Turn your fears and negative feelings into positive tools- Diagram the path to your goal--and map out target dates for meeting it- Chart your progress--day by day- Create a support network of contacts and sources- Use a buddy system to keep you on track

Male Fantasies: Volume 1: Women, Floods, Bodies, History


Klaus Theweleit - 1979
    First of this two-volume work providing an imaginative interpretation of the image of women in the collective unconscious of the fascist "warrior" through a study of the fantasies of the men centrally involved in the rise of Nazism.

People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts


Robert Bolton - 1979
    Maybe you listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other. Or maybe your mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you. People Skills is a communication skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these “roadblocks” damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, or dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems with others. These are skills that will help you communicate calmly, even in stressful emotionally charged situations. People Skills will show you: · How to get your needs met using simple assertion techniques · How body language often speaks louder than words · How to use silence as a valuable communication tool · How to de-escalate family disputes, lovers' quarrels, and other heated arguments Both thought-provoking and practical, People Skills is filled with workable ideas that you can use to improve your communication in meaningful ways, every day.

Sigmund Freud


Ralph Steadman - 1979
    The result is a masterful interplay of text and illustration, visual and verbal puns, and unexpected insight.Sigmund Freud bursts defiantly and gleefully beyond the bounds of orthodox biography. It is a wildly humorous exercise in bending, stretching and speculating on the activities of the so-called Father of Psychoanalysis. Ralph Steadman wields his shrewd wit and fierce pen to highlight the ebbs and tides of Freud's life and career from early childhood to the moment of death.But there's a twist. Rich illustrations and witty text work hand in hand to transform each scene into a "joking situation," which the artist hilariously examines according to the techniques wielded by Freud himself in his 1905 book on humor and the unconscious mind. The result is a fantastic Freudian festival of visual and verbal puns, unexpected insights, and sheer intellectual enjoyment.Originally published in hardcover in 1979, released in paperback in 1997, and reprinted numerous times since then, we are presenting it again to remind buyers that Freud has not and will not leave the unconscious mind of the public (and he would likely have something to say about what books they buy).Sigmund Freud is superbly illustrated with more than 50 major drawings and 25 vignettes by a renowned master of the pen. It remains one of the most original illustrated books of our times and a Ralph Steadman classic.

The Social Psychology of Organizing


Karl E. Weick - 1979
    Great vintage book!

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA & Mind Control


John D. Marks - 1979
    In this book, former State Department officer John Marks tells the explosive story of the CIA's highly secret program of experiments in mind control. His curiosity first aroused by information on a puzzling suicide. Marks worked from thousands of pages of newly released documents as well as interviews and behavioral science studies, producing a book that 'accomplished what two Senate committees could not' (Senator Edward Kennedy).

Winning Through Enlightenment


Ron Smotherman - 1979
    Recommended by Norman Vincent Peale, with a comment by Werner Erhard, and a foreword by Ken Keyes Jr., this book is about bringing an enlightened condition to everyday life. It is composed of short, easy to digest chapters, straight to the point, and full of lasting value. Readers report reading and rereading this book over and over. Many people buy it in bulk to share with friends.

Invisible Partners


John A. Sanford - 1979
    -- Unitarian Universalist AssociationThis book demonstrates how the inner part of a man and the masculine part of a woman are invisible partners in any male-female relationship. It was written for people where who want to understand themselves and their relationships better.

Lost Found: The Adoption Experience


Betty Jean Lifton - 1979
    Betty Jean Lifton, herself an adoptee, draws upon her own experience and her extensive work with adoptees, birth mothers and fathers, and adoptive parents to explore the harmful effects of secrecy on the identity of a child and the liberating possibilities of openness. A new Preface links the psychology of the adopted to that of babies born of surrogacy and other reproductive technologies. And a new Afterword explores the most recent developments in the adoption field, such as post-adoption counseling, open adoption, and the controversy around the adoption syndrome. The author concludes with a code of rights and responsibilities for everyone in the adoption circle, along with an updated list of support groups and counseling clinics for the adoption triad in the United States and Canada.

Hypnotherapy: An Exploratory Casebook


Milton H. Erickson - 1979
    

Changing Lives Through Redecision Therapy


Mary McClure Goulding - 1979
    This revised and updated edition includes the innovative treatment techniques developed by the Gouldings, plus new material on short-term treatment for victims of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, and advice on how to utilize the strengths of each client to enhance and support therapy.

Individual Psychotherapy and the Science of Psychodynamics


David H. Malan - 1979
    It offers an invaluable description of the technique of dynamic psychotherapy and its underlyingtheory. Practical applications using different techniques are presented for a range of situations from the straightforward to handling dangerous patients. The clinical stories on which the text is based ensure its appeal to anyone with a deep interestin people. It remains an excellent companion and resource for practitioners and students of psychotherapy. New material- includes fuller coverage of: the mother in the male Oedipus complex* masochism* disturbances in the relation with siblings*the'compulsion to repeat.'- further follow-up on many of the patients discussed in the first edition.

Helps for Counselors: A Mini-Manual for Christian Counseling


Jay E. Adams - 1979
    A quick reference guide of helpful hints and how-tos, covering all aspects of counseling from common problems to procedure.

The Ecology of Human Development: Experiments by Nature and Design


Urie Bronfenbrenner - 1979
    According to Urie Bronfenbrenner, one of the world's foremost developmental psychologists, laboratory studies of the child's behavior sacrifice too much in order to gain experimental control and analytic rigor. Laboratory observations, he argues, too often lead to "the science of the strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible periods of time." To understand the way children actually develop, Bronfenbrenner believes that it will be necessary to observe their behavior in natural settings, while they are interacting with familiar adults over prolonged periods of time.This book offers an important blueprint for constructing such a new and ecologically valid psychology of development. The blueprint includes a complete conceptual framework for analysing the layers of the environment that have a formative influence on the child. This framework is applied to a variety of settings in which children commonly develop, ranging from the pediatric ward to daycare, school, and various family configurations. The result is a rich set of hypotheses about the developmental consequences of various types of environments. Where current research bears on these hypotheses, Bronfenbrenner marshals the data to show how an ecological theory can be tested. Where no relevant data exist, he suggests new and interesting ecological experiments that might be undertaken to resolve current unknowns.Bronfenbrenner's groundbreaking program for reform in developmental psychology is certain to be controversial. His argument flies in the face of standard psychological procedures and challenges psychology to become more relevant to the ways in which children actually develop. It is a challenge psychology can ill-afford to ignore.

Conscience: The Search for Truth


P.D. Ouspensky - 1979
    D. Ouspensky’s talks and answers to questions, transcribed at private meetings in England and the United States from 1931 to 1946. They bring contemporary readers the wisdom of Gurdjieff as interpreted and refined by a spiritual master in his own right. Topics include “Memory,” “Surface Personality,” “Self-Will,” “Negative Emotions,” and “Notes on Work.” These essays argue persuasively that direct observation of self is the key to awakening from the "waking sleep" that characterizes life for so many.

The Evolution of Human Sexuality


Donald Symons - 1979
    The Evolution of Human Sexuality adds fuel to the fire. Symons's thesis is that some of the typical differences between men and women in sexual behaviors, attitudes and feelings are innate: identical rearing of males and females will not result in identical sexualities.Anthropology, Sexual Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Gender and Cultural Studies

Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love


Dorothy Tennov - 1979
    During the first phase, the Phase of Wandering and Wondering Through Questionnaires and Testimonials, I was primarily involved in other topics, but the "love cards" assessments, in which students anonymously selected statements that applied to them and rejected those that did not, and the paper and pencil surveys submitted to groups continued to supply evidence of the importance of the topic, and of its prevalence, but I had not advanced beyond Shakespeare in understanding. Toward the end of that first phase, my emphasis had begun to shift from answers to questions posed by an investigator to the collection of personal testimonies, those of volunteers as well as those of published autobiographers, novelists, and historians. Transition to the second phase, the Phase of Limerence, was abrupt. It happened in the fall of 1973. Earlier that year I had presented the first formal paper on the subject at the meetings of the American Psychological Association. That paper, titled "Sex differences in romantic love among college students," was based entirely on questionnaire results. There were sex differences in pencil and paper reports, but, as I was later to learn, examination of the details of the experience revealed more sex similarities than differences in the phenotypical experience. The discovery, later that year, of people who had not, did not and apparently could not imagine themselves having the experience that I was describing, marked a turning point. By the time of a second formal paper in 1977, I had arrived at the conceptions found in Love and Limerence, and had begun to write the book. The third phase began with the publication of Love and Limerence. It was the Phase of Confirmation. Love and Limerence was based largely on interviews that exposed the weakness of paper and pencil assessments. The words of love admitted of different meanings. New data in the form of voluntary written testimonials poured in from readers of the book. Many of these letters used the same words: "What you describe is exactly what happened to me." Others thanked me for allowing them to know that they were not alone, that as crazy as the condition was, it was not a sign of mental ill-health, but a normal phenomenon. The state was one of madness, but the person undergoing the experience was not (necessarily) mad. In hindsight, it should not seem surprising to the human nature scientist that there should be built into us through evolution control over reproductive functioning that supercedes other motivations. According to what I refer to as Limerence Theory, limerence is an interaction between the feelings of one person and the actions of another. It appears to occur across sexual, racial, age, cultural, and other categories of humans and it endures as long as do the conditions that sustain it. When intense, it crowds other motives out of the psyche. It should be noted that Limerence is not synonymous with meanings customarily attached to the term "infatuation." Furthermore, and most importantly, it is entirely absent in some relationships and in some people. Finally, in my judgment, both limerence and nonlimerence represent normal functioning. Limerence presents problems for the modern individual, causing inattention to other aspects of life, especially to responsibilities and to other relationships. Limerence for someone other than the spouse is a major cause of marital and family disruption. Furthermore, the limerent's behavior may hinder rather than enhance a relationship with the desired person if a response in kind does not occur. When frustrated, limerence may produce such severe distress as to be life threatening. People's reaction to Limerence Theory depends partly on their acquaintance with the evidence for it and partly on personal experience. People who have not experienced limerence are baffled by descriptions of it and sometimes resistant to the evidence that it exists. To such outside observers, limerence seems pathological. Although often the subject of romantic poetry and fiction, it has been called an addiction, an indication of low self-esteem, irrational, neurotic, erotomanic, and delusional. To people who are unacquainted with it first-hand, it inconceivable that any person should assign so much importance to another person. Fortunately, direct experience is not necessary to someone who reads the evidence. There are many scientifically known phenomena that are not directly perceivable. Although self-report is traditionally regarded with suspicion by scientists, reports that are as consistent with one another as these descriptions of limerence are hard to doubt. This is a scientific book. That it may not seem so is a part of the story itself. In finding limerence, a human condition distinct yet subject to obfuscation everywhere, we enter into new territory, the territory of the universal mental landscape. There is much more to be found there as others continue the exploration.

Loneliness in Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature


Ben Lazare Mijuskovic - 1979
    "In Loneliness in Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature," he shows how man has always felt alone and that the meaning of man is loneliness.Presenting both a discussion and a philosophical inquiry into the nature of loneliness, Mijuskovic cites examples from more than one hundred writers on loneliness, including Erich Fromm, Frieda Fromm-Reichmann, Clark Moustakas, Rollo May, and James Howard in psychology; Thomas Hardy, Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, Thomas Wolfe and William Golding in literature; and Descartes, Kant, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Sartre in philosophy.Insightful and comprehensive, "Loneliness in Philosophy, Psychology, and Literature" demonstrates that loneliness is the basic nature of humans and is an unavoidable condition that all must face.

Countertransference And Related Subjects: Selected Papers


Harold F. Searles - 1979
    The portraits of patients he draws are vivid, humorous, and compelling. His greatest contribution has been, perhaps, his illumination of the basic humanity of the patient and the common ground between patient and therapist. This volume represents the wisest and most humane of what contemporary psychoanalysis has to offer, exemplified in the work of one of its most original contemporary practitioners." -- Library Journal

The Tao of Psychology: Synchronicity and Self


Jean Shinoda Bolen - 1979
    Shows how synchronicity (the phenomenon of meaningful coincidences) occurs in and enriches ordinary life; provides the key for each individual to interpret the synchronistic events in his or her life; and gives fresh insight into those relationships, dreams, and flashes of perception that touch and transform our lives.

The Craft of Power


R.G.H. Siu - 1979
    Presents basic techniques for the management of people and organizations. Guidelines are presented in a ``how to'' fashion, illustrated by real-life examples. Evaluates power posture, then spells out operational specifics. Defines power and the social setting in which power is exercised. Explains fifteen ways of measuring one's competitive strength. Deals with techniques for harnessing people and money in the drive for power.

Psychedelic Drugs Reconsidered


Lester Grinspoon - 1979
    It records the extensive history of scientific research on, and societal experience with, psychedelic drugs.The Lindesmith Center reprint edition features a new introduction by the authors on recent developments in psychedelic research, as well as a preface by Dr. Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Lindesmith center.

Hypnotism and Mysticism of India


Ormond McGill - 1979
    Another book for hypnotherapy one of fourteen and ook reports on all 14! This was very interesting...some of the names are hard to get through but the content is fascinating!

The Making of Mind: A Personal Account of Soviet Psychology,


Alexander R. Luria - 1979
    

Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender


A. Nicholas Groth - 1979
    The standard reference on the psychology of rape, Men Who Rape presents a comprehensive clinical profile of sexual offenders with extensive information on counseling, prevention, and psychiatric treatment.

Natural:Mind


Vilém Flusser - 1979
    Can culture be considered natural and nature cultural? If culture is our natural habitat then do we not inhabit nature? These are only some of the questions that are raised in Natural:Mind in order to examine our continual redefinition of both terms and what that means for us existentially.Always applying his fluid and imagistic Husserlian style of phenomenology, Flusser explores different perspectives and relations of items from everyday life. The book is composed of a series of essays based on close observations of familiar objects such as paths, valleys, cows, meadows, trees, fingers, grass, the moon, and buttons. By focusing on things we mostly take for granted, he manages not only to reveal some aspects of their real and obscured nature but also to radically change how we look at them. The ordinary cow will never be seen in the same way again.

Understanding Human Values


Milton Rokeach - 1979
    This volume presents theoretical, methodological, and empirical advances in understanding, and also in the effects of understanding, individual and societal values.

The Collected Papers of Milton H. Erickson on Hypnosis, Vol. 3: Hypnotic Investigation of Psychodynamic Processes


Milton H. Erickson - 1979
    

The Intelligence Agents


Timothy Leary - 1979
    Here, he presents some of the most important thinkers on the planet.

Psyche and Substance: Essays on Homeopathy in the Light of Jungian Psychology


Edward C. Whitmont - 1979
    Providing an understanding of the nature of the archetypal form-patterns that express themselves in the similarity between substance and psychosomatic dynamics, this collection explores why this similarity is a basic factor in the healing process.

Sexual States of Mind


Donald Meltzer - 1979
    Meltzer sees sexuality not as an appetite, but instead as an aspect if identity that structures the personality itself, manifest in childish, adult, or perverse states of mind.

Before the Sabbath


Eric Hoffer - 1979
    Self-taught, his appetite for knowledge-history, science, mankind-formed the basis of his insight to human nature. Before the Sabbath, his final written work, includes reflections on history, democracy, love, and aging.

Natural History of Mind


Gordon Rattray Taylor - 1979
    

How to Stand Up for Yourself


Paul A. Hauck - 1979
    This book advises how to get rid of such feelings and feel good about standing up for yourself, without taking advantage of other people.

The Mad Guide To Self Improvement


Dick de Bartolo - 1979
    

Exploring Social Psychology


Robert A. Baron - 1979
    They can get all they need here in this updated bestseller. Keeping close to its roots, this edition retains both the classic and current research, coverage of diverse issues and a lively writing style. Topics include: understanding social behavior, perception, prejudice, interpersonal attraction, and more. Ideal for social psychologists at any stage of their career.

Halfway Through the Door: An Actor's Journey Toward the Self


Alan Arkin - 1979
    Disenchanted with his personal and professional success, Arkin embarked on a journey to self-discovery that included analysis and marijuana until he studied yoga and meditation and underwent profound changes

Klein


Hanna Segal - 1979
    A pupil and follower of Freud, she investigated what he called "the dim and shadowy era" of early childhood, developing theories and techniques which, although they remain controversial, have had a profound influence not only on clinical psychoanalysis but also on fields outside it. Her understanding of the paranoid-schizoid mechanisms and of the role of envy extended the range of patients who can be psychoanalyzed, to include those suffering from borderline states between neurosis and psychosis. And her work shed light on the psychological basis of ethics, on theories of thinking, on group relations, and on aesthetics. The author worked with Melanie Klein and is now one of Britain's leading psychoanalysts. She traces the development of Klein's ideas within a biographical framework, describing the importance of her work and portraying her as a woman of great warmth and exceptional insight.

The Broken Connection: On Death and the Continuity of Life


Robert Jay Lifton - 1979
    In The Broken Connection, Robert Jay Lifton, one of America's foremost thinkers and preeminent psychiatrists, explores the connections between death and life, the psychiatric disorders that arise from these connections, and the advent of the nuclear age which has jeopardized any attempts to ensure the perpetuation of the self beyond death.

Me: The Narcissistic American


Aaron Stern - 1979
    

Professional and Ethical Issues in Counseling and Psychotherapy


Gerald Corey - 1979
    

Awakening Intuition


Frances E. Vaughan - 1979
    The Awakening Intuition guides the reader to the greater realization of his or her own intuitive powers through specific exercises, which are combined with an examination of the role of intuition in such processes as creativity and problem solving.  A concise overview of the most recent research in this area completes the book.

Navaho Symbols of Healing: A Jungian Exploration of Ritual, Image, and Medicine


Donald Sandner - 1979
    Through his interactions with Navaho medicine men, Sandner conveys the rigors of their training and the complexities of their purification and evocation rites, including the use of sand paintings as healing mandalas and the esoteric meaning of the pollen path. Presents the basic principles of Navaho healing: Return to the origins Confrontation and manipulation of evil Death and rebirth Restoration of the universe Challenges Western medicine in its search for a more holistic and humane healing art. Cloth edition of this title was published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

The Healing Buddha


Raoul Birnbaum - 1979
    The accompanying photographs of sculptures, paintings, and mandalas demonstrate the importance of art and aesthetic experience in Buddhist healing practices. Also included is a history of healing in the development of Buddhism from the earliest texts and the famous Lotus Sutra to the Buddhism of Tibet, where elaborate ritual is used in the healing of body and mind. Some of the many herbs and medicines used to treat disease in the Buddhist cultures of Asia are described in an appendix. A new preface and a new essay on the search for long life in Chinese Buddhism have been added to this revised edition.

Giant Steps


Barry Neil Kaufman - 1979
    Wayne W. DyerBarry Neil Kaufman won national acclaim with Son-Rise and To Love is to Be Happy With. Now, he takes readers on an intimate journey through the challenges facing the young people with whom he has worked.Each Drama is Unique, All are Unforgettable:-- a young girl facing the decision to have an abortion or a baby...-- a sensitive adolescent learning to deal with a parent's death...-- the pilgrimage of parents whose child is locked behind an emotional barrier...-- the frustration of a bright child with an undiagnosed learning disability...-- the torment of a teenage girl troubled by her own blossoming sexuality...Here are the stories of young people at critical turning points in their lives. Here also is the story of the man who neither judges them nor censures them, but simply accepts them and, ultimately, helps them to make their own choices.

Schizophrenia: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments


Kayla F. Bernheim - 1979
    Covers the major issues surrounding schizophrenia including a consideration of case histories, recent research, current treatments, and effects upon the patient, family, and friends from a non-technical viewpoint.